Bambang station

{{Short description|Train station in Manila, Philippines}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox station | name = {{Infobox station/Header LRT1 |name=Bambang |line_name=1 |station_number= }} | type = | map_dot_label = Bambang | map_type = Philippines City of Manila#Metro Manila#Luzon mainland#Philippines | map_caption = Location in Manila##Location in Metro Manila##Location in Luzon##Location in the Philippines | map_state = collapsed | image = File:Bambang_station_02.jpg | image_caption = | address = 1367 Rizal Avenue, Santa Cruz <br> Manila, Metro Manila, | country = Philippines | line = {{rail color box|system=Manila LRT|line=1|inline=yes}} | other = | structure = Elevated | platform = 2 (2 side) | tracks = 2 | parking = | bicycle = | passengers = | pass_year = | pass_percent = | opened = {{start date and age|1985|05|12}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Rimmer|first=Peter J.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gd9sBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA190|title=Rikisha to Rapid Transit: Urban Public Transport Systems and Policy in Southeast Asia|date=2013|publisher=Elsevier|isbn=9781483150529|pages=190–191}}</ref> | rebuilt = | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Manila LRT|line1=1|left1=Tayuman|right1=Doroteo Jose}} | accessible = | code = {{Manila MRT station code|GL|10}} | owned = Department of Transportation<br />Light Rail Manila Corporation | zone = | route_map = {{Routemap | inline = 1 | title = Track layout | legend = track | map = uhvSTR!~MFADEg~~ ~~ ~~{{BSsplit|to {{stl|Manila LRT|Tayuman}}}} uhvSTR!~vNULfg PLTl\uvSTR\PLTr RP2q!~MFADEgq\RP2q\RP2q!~PLTl\uvSTR\RP2q!~PLTr\RP2q\RP2q!~MFADEfq ~~ Bambang Street PLTl\uvSTR\PLTr uhvSTR!~vNULfg uhvSTR!~MFADEf~~ ~~ ~~{{BSsplit|to {{stl|Manila LRT|Doroteo Jose}}}} }} }} '''Bambang station''' is an elevated Light Rail Transit (LRT) station located on the LRT Line 1 (LRT-1) system in Santa Cruz, Manila. The station is situated on the intersection of Rizal Avenue and Bambang Street, where the station got its name.

Bambang station serves as the ninth station for trains headed to Dr. Santos and the seventeenth station for trains headed to Fernando Poe Jr. It is notable for having a commercial hub for medical and laboratory supplies within its vicinity.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.yelp.com/search?cflt=medicalsupplies&find_loc=Bambang+St%2C+Manila%2C+Metro+Manila|title=The Best 10 Medical Supplies near Bambang St, Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines|website=Yelp|accessdate=July 6, 2024}}</ref>

==History== Bambang station was opened to the public on May 12, 1985, as part of the Rizal Line, which extended the LRT northward to Monumento.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://pssc.org.ph/wp-content/pssc-archives/Philippine%20Planning%20Journal/Vol%20XVII,%20No.%201%20(Oct%201985).pdf|title=The LRT as a Component of Metro Manila's Transport Systems|journal=Philippine Planning Journal|volume=XVII|number=1|date=October 1985|publisher=School of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Philippines|accessdate=November 16, 2024|pages=33–45}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lrta.gov.ph/railway-operations/|title=Railway Operations|website=Light Rail Transit Authority|accessdate=November 16, 2024}}</ref>

==Transportation links== Commuters can take the many jeepneys, tricycles and taxis from Bambang station towards their destinations in the Manila, especially the districts of Quiapo, Santa Cruz, Sampaloc and Tondo. The station is also served by buses plying Rizal Avenue.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bambang station}} Category:Manila Light Rail Transit System stations Category:Buildings and structures in Santa Cruz, Manila Category:Railway stations in the Philippines opened in 1985